Other webcomics

We consider to design a few new t-shirts to go on sale next spring. We want to use Spreadshirt this time, especially its superior flex printing technology looks interesting. This means, however, that each design mustn’t consist of more than three different colors (one or two colors are cheaper).

Webcomic creators and other people actively involved in the creation, distribution or promotion of comics or webcomics can now nominate up to three webcomics in nine categories for the The Webcomic List Awards 2010.

After the nomination phase, the four webcomics with the most nominations will be handed to a panel of judges whose job it is to decide which one deserves to win. However, since the nomination phase is not open to the general public, every nomination is really important as well. So if you think that some of your personal favorites deserve an award, you really should cast your vote. You cannot nominate your own comic or the comics created by the jury members.

Since I’m not a judge this year, you can also vote for Sandra and Woo this year. I guess that “Best gag-a-day” may be the most promising category for our comic.

You MUST have a look at this short comic (three pages) of Ben Hatke’s Zita the Spacegirl. I love the character design of the young heroine and this particular comic is absolutely fantastic in every way. The second comic is also very funny. A Zita graphic novel will be published in February 2011 which is already available for pre-order on Amazon.

It’s once again time for our popular feature “Novil recommends other webcomics”:

Buni (→ read from the beginning) by Ryan Pagelow can be described with the tagline “Bad things happening to a a cheerful bunny”. Buni never loses his optimism in this gag-a-day strip which is obviously inspired by The Perry Bible Fellowship. Buni is not a bland copy since it’s also making use of character-based humor and lacks TPBF’s cynism and adult-oriented jokes. Buni is a quick read, though, with only 56 strips in the archive and one update a week.

Most of you my already be familiar with Lackadaisy (→ read from the beginning) by Tracy J. Butler, but I want to recommend it anyway. The comic is set in St. Louis during the prohibition era and follows the exploits of the Lackadaisy crew, a formerly (but now less so) prosperous crime gang. The story is nothing special, but the characters (all cats) are lovingly designed, and the artwork is absolutely incredible, especially the facial expressions of the characters.

The last entry is not a real webcomic, but a link to Skia’s DeviantArt gallery. Skia’s famous fox doodles with their silly facial expressions are always lots of fun to look at. If you want even more foxes, also have a look at the drawings in the gallery of her friend Culpeo-Fox which are almost as good as Skia’s.